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In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Ventu... more

In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Venturella on the cover, on page 24, there is a photo of a stack of Alex's rack gear. Starting from bottom, this photo shows 2 Mesa Boogie Bass Strategy Eight:88 Bass Head.

The newest bassist of Slipknot, Alessandro "Alex" "V-Man" Venturella posted this photo on his official instagram of his rig. The bottom 3 racks are all Gallien Krueger heads and the top head is a GK Fusion 550's. He goes on to make a joke about recruiting one of Mastodon's guitar techs. Alex himself teched for many bands including Mastodon.

The newest bassist of Slipknot, Alessandro "Alex" "V-Man" Venturella posted this photo on his official instagram of his rig. The bottom 3 racks are all Gallien Krueger heads and the bottom two are Gallien-Krueger 2001RB Bass Heads.

This photo, also taken from Alessandro's Instagram, was posted while mentioni... more

This photo, also taken from Alessandro's Instagram, was posted while mentioning that he uses this small, light-weight GK MB800 head to play through as his B rig while his A rig travels to different countries.

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In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Ventu... more

In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Venturella on the cover, on page 24, there is a photo of a stack of Alex's rack gear. Close to the top is a rack unit that has an LED screen that displays "V-MAN". This item is the Peterson VS-R Strobo-Rack Tuner.

In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view... more

In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view of Slipknot's newest bassist's pedal shelves. To the far left and far right is a Darkglass Microtubes B7K as well as the Darkglass Microtubes B3K.

In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view... more

In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view of Slipknot's newest bassist's pedal shelves. To the far left and far right is a Darkglass Microtubes B7K as well as the Darkglass Microtubes B3K.

In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view... more

In this photo taken directly from Alex Venturella's instagram, is a full view of Slipknot's newest bassist's pedal shelves. In the middle is a bright white pedal with 5 black knobs, this is the MXR M87 Bass Compressor Bass Effects Pedal.

Taken from KHDK's Website (https://www.khdkelectronics.com):
When searching ... more

Taken from KHDK's Website (https://www.khdkelectronics.com):
When searching for a crushing player to show off the power of the Abyss, KHDK's Paul de Maio had just the right guy: "Through common friends, I met Slipknot's Alesandro Venturella at their show in Toronto and we just connected right off the bat after getting into some deep gear and tone discussions," remembers Paul.
"Alex is a badass bassist with a deadly tone and I knew he would be perfect to demo the Abyss for us. He was instantly up for it: he loves being able to find 'his' sound on the Abyss really fast without having to mess around," says Paul.

0:11 into this video from Total Guitar shows new Slipknot Bassist Alex "V-Man... more

0:11 into this video from Total Guitar shows new Slipknot Bassist Alex "V-Man" Venturella saying his current main stage bass is a Status Graphite S2-Classic, in the headless variety. This is later confirmed at 2:50 when he explains that if he were to have a signature model, "It would be this shape, the S2; Headed and Headless".

3:28 into this video from Total Guitar shows new Slipknot bassist Alex "V-Man... more

3:28 into this video from Total Guitar shows new Slipknot bassist Alex "V-Man" Venturella saying that he used a 1969 version of the Fender Precision Bass or "P" Bass when recording inside the studio for Slipknot's current album. He mentions he does not use the bridge pickup on his bass and referenced the Precision Bass to further attest why.

In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Ventu... more

In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Venturella on the cover, on page 24, there is a photo of a stack of Alex's rack gear. Close to the top is a large yellow brick that says Radial on the left. This item is the Radial Engineering JX44 Air Control Guitar Signaling Manager. This allows Alex to switch between basses quickly.

In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Ventu... more

In the May 2016 issue of Bass Guitar Magazine featuring Slipknot's Alex Venturella on the cover, on page 24, there is a photo of a stack of Alex's rack gear. At the very top is a rack unit is a Furman PL-PRO DMC E Power Conditioner, noted by it's USB input on the middle/left of it's facing and left-to-right power switch.